Beautician&#39;s dryer chair



April 26, 1966 'r. A. COWEN, JR 3,248,146

BEAUTICIANS DRYER CHAIR Filed Dec. 10, 1964 United States Patent3,248,146 BEAUTICIANS DRYER CHAIR Theodore A. Cowen, Jr., Belvidere,Ill., assignor to Belvedere Products, Inc., Belvidere, 111., acorporation of Illinois Filed Dec. 10, 1964, Ser. No. 417,410 Claims.(Cl. 297-217) This invention relates to a new and improved beauticiansdryer chair.

An important object of this invention is to provide an improvedbeauticians dryer chair having a housing for receiving a hair dryerapparatus and for providing the sole support for the rear side of thechair seat.

Another object of this invenion is to provide a beauticians dryer chairwhich allows relatively easy cleaning of the area under the chair seat.

A further object of this invention is to provide a beauticians dryerchair including a housing for receiving and storing a hair dryerapparatus and the housing being a structural part of the chair formoving as a unit.

These, and other objects and advantages of the invention will be morereadily apparent by reference to the following detailed description andthe accompanying drawings wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a side view of the improved beauticians dryer chair which isthe embodiment of this invention;

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the dryer chair taken along plane 2-2 of FIG. 1and with a part broken away to reveal internal construction of thehousing; and

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the dryer chair taken along plane 3-3 ofFIG. 2.

Referring further to the drawings, the dryer chair includes a housingportion generally indicated by the numeral 10. The housing portion has acavity 11, as best indicated in FIGS. 2 and 3, for receiving the lowerportion 31 of the hair dryer apparatus 30 which portion is hereinaftersometimes generally referred to as the dryer base. The housing has afront wall 12 and side walls 13 and 14 generally defining the cavity 11.The housing conveniently includes a back wall 15; however, it iscontemplated that such is not'required. The housing 10 includes a meansfor supporting the dryer base 31, which means of support convenientlyincludes a frame 16, a floor 17, sidewalls 18 and 19, and a front wall20. It is contemplated that changes in the form, shape, and arrangementof the means of support can be made without departing from the spirit ofthis invention. In the embodiment illustrated, the dryer base 31 isconveniently retained in place, or supported, by a strap 21 secured tothe housing back 15 by means of screws 22. It is contemplated that othermeans may be utilized for retaining the dryer base 31 or that, underproper arrangement, the strap 21 may be eliminated altogether.

The hair dryer apparatus 30 referred to supra, includes a base portion31, a neck portion 32 and a head portion 33 secured to the upper endthereof. The dryer base 31 conveniently encloses a blower apparatus 35and a heater apparatus 36-. The blower 35 draws air through a .grillwork 37 conveniently located at the rear side of the dryer base 31. Theair is then propelled through the heater apparatus 36 and through ahollow portion 38 of the neck 32 into the head 33. The dryer head 33 maybe of a well known type having inner and outer walls defining a cavity33' therebetween and with perforations in the inner wall for dischargingair at spaced points for drying the hair of an occupant of the dryerchair. The neck portion 32 conveniently extends upwardly and forwardlyto position the head 33 for receiving the head of the chair occupant.Controls 39 for the blower apparatus 3-5 and the heater apparatus 36 areconveniently mounted on the top side of the base 31, as best illustratedin FIG. 2. In the embodiment illustrated, the neck 32 is convenientlyadjustable in a vertical direction and is secured in a preselectedposition as by a collar 34. In this manner, the neck and head 33 may beraised out of position when the occupant is to be seated, and thenlowered to an operative position whereby the occupant may have her headsubstantially encircled by the dryer head 33. It is contemplated thatmany variations in the dryer apparatus may be utilized without departingfrom the'spirit of thisinvention, and the description and drawings areto be taken as illustrative and not limiting.

The housing 10 includes a means for supporting the back side of a seatmember 45. In the embodiment illustrated, the means of support ispreferably in the form of a pair of outwardly extending arms orstructures 23. The arms 23 are preferably secured to the respective sidewalls 13 or 14 of the housing by means of bolts 24 as best illustratedin FIG. 3. The seat member 45 is secured to a seat frame 46 which isattached to the arms 23 by means of bolts 47. In this manner, the arms23 provide the sole support for the back side of the seat member 45. Theaforedescribed preferable manner of securing the arms 23 to the housing10 is such that it provides a rigid support for the back side of theseat member 45 and, conversely, serves as a rigid structural connectionbetween the two, so that the unit may be moved without structural damageby lifting either the housing 10, or the seat member 45.

The seat member 45 has a leg means attached adjacent the front side ofthe seat member to provide support for said front side. In theembodiment illustrated, the leg means is conveniently in the form of apair of front legs 48; however, it is contemplated that, in thealternative, either one or a greater plurality of legs 48 may beutilized. Arm supports 49 are attached to respective arm frames 50 whichare secured to the base frame 46. The back member 44 is convenientlysecured to the arm frames 50 by a plurality of bolts 51 as bestillustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2. It is contemplated, however, that the backmember 44 may be otherwise held in position, or that it may be a cushionconveniently lying contiguous to the inclined upward portion of thefront wall 12 of the housing 10.

As described supra and as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, the seat member45 is attached to the housing portion intermediate the upper and lowerends thereof. As a result, the back side of the cushion preferably liesnear to the front face 12 of the housing 10. In this position,

' thereby provides a generally unobscured area beneath the seat member45 which can be readily cleaned.

Fromthe foregoing, it is deemed apparent that the preferred embodimentof this invention provides a unique beauticians dryer chair providing ahousing for a dryer apparatus which housing also serves to provide thesole support for the backside of the seat of the chair.

While I have thus described a specific embodiment of my invention, ithas been by way of illustration and not limitation, and I do not wish myinvention to be limited except as required by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a beauticians dryer chair including a seat member, a back member,and at least one leg supporting the front side of said seat member, theimprovement comprising a housing for receiving and storing a hair dryerapparatus and for providing the sole support for the back side of saidchair, said housing including front and side walls defining a cavity forreceiving said hair dryer apparatus, said front wall having an upperrearwardly inclined portion to lie in juxtaposition to the back side ofsaid back member, said housing having its lower extremity shaped forengaging a floor at at least two points spaced generally at the sides ofsaid housing, said housing having at least two outwardly extending armsprojecting from said front wall and attached to said seat adjacent therear side thereof to provide the sole support for the back side of theseat.

2. In a beauticians dryer chair, the combination of a hair dryerapparatus of the type having heater and blower means in a base, a neckextending upwardly from the base and a downwardly facing dryer head onthe neck offset laterally from the base, a generally upstanding housingcomprising front and side walls defining a cavity for receiving saidhair dryer apparatus, means on said housing for supporting said dryerapparatus in said housing, said housing having an upper portion of saidfront wall inclined rearwardly and having the lower extremities of saidfront wall and side walls shaped for engaging a floor at at least twopoints spaced generally at the sides of said housing member, a backcushion member having its upper end disposed generally adjacent theupper end of said housing and having at least a portion of its back sidecontiguous to said upper portion of said front wall, a seat memberdisposed generally beneath the lower edge of said back member and withits back edge contiguous to said housing, an arm attached to each ofsaid side walls of the housing and projecting from said front wall andattached to said seat to provide the sole support for the back sidethereof, and at least one leg attached adjacent the front side of saidseat to provide support for the front side thereof.

3. A beauticians dryer chair comprising a generally upstanding housinghaving a front wall and wall means extending rearwardly from the frontwall and having portions extending downwardly to provide floor engagingsupports, a seat member disposed with its rear edge in juxtaposition tothe front Wall, support means rigidly secured to said wall means atpoints rearwardly of said front wall and extending therefrom to pointsforwardly of the front wall at a level adjacent the underside of theseat, means attaching the support means to said seat member to therebyprovide a rigid connection between the seat member and the housing andsupport the back side of the seat member solely on said wall means ofsaid housing, front leg means adjacent the front side of the seat memberfor supporting the front side thereof, a back cushion member extendingupwardly from adjacent the rear edge of the seat member, and a hairdryer apparatus having a lower portion disposed in said housing, ahollow neck portion extending upwardly and forwardly from said lowerportion, and a substantially cupular head memberattached to the upperend of the neck portion.

4. The combination of claim 3 wherein the front wall has a portion belowthe seat member inclined rearwardly,

5. A beauticians dryer chair comprising a hair dryer apparatus of thetype having a heater and a blower means disposed in a base, a neckextending upwardly from the base and a downwardly facing dryer head onthe neck offset laterally from the base, a generally upstanding housingcomprising front and side walls defining a cavity for receiving saidbase of the hair dryer apparatus, means for supporting said base in saidhousing, a seat member disposed intermediate the upper and lower ends ofthe housing and having its rear edge in juxtaposition to aid front wall,leg means attached adjacent the front side of the seat for providingsupport for said front side, said front wall having a portion above theseat member inclined rearwardly and a portion below the seat memberinclined rearwardly, a back cushion member having at least a portion ofits back side contiguous to the upper portion of the front wall, an armattached to each of said side walls of the housing and extending throughsaid front wall, each arm attached to said seat adjacent the rear sidethereof to provide a rigid connection between the seat and therespective side wall and to provide the sole support for the back sideof the seat.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 879,803 2/1908Vlasak 297 X 950,441 2/1910 Ekstrand 297-19O X 1,473,161 11/1923 Rogers-N 297-190 X 3,007,736 11/1961 Watlington 34-99 3,035,865 5/1962Schirmer 297-2l7 3,058,231 10/1962 Romito 3499 3,171,428 3/1965 Bozeman34- -99 FOREIGN PATENTS 135,363 11/1919 Great Britain.

FRANK B. SHERRY, Primary Examiner.

I. T. MCCALL, Assistant Examiner.

1. IN A BEAUTICIAN''S DRYER CHAIR INCLUDING A SEAT MEMBER, A BACKMEMBER, AND AT LEAST ONE LEG SUPPORTING THE FRONT SIDE OF SAID SEATMEMBER, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A HOUSING FOR RECEIVING AND STORING AHAIR DRYER APPARATUS AND FOR PROVIDING THE SOLE SUPPORT FOR THE BACKSIDE OF SAID CHAIR, SAID HOUSING INCLUDING FRONT AND SIDE WALLS DEFININGA CAVITY FOR RECEIVING SAID HAIR DRYER APPARATUS, SAID FRONT WALL HAVINGAN UPPER REARWARDLY INCLINED PORTION TO LIE IN JUXTAPOSITION TO THE BACKSIDE OF SAID BACK MEMBER, SAID HOUSING HAVING ITS LOWER EXTREMITY SHAPEDFOR ENGAGING A FLOOR AT LEAST TWO POINTS SPACED GENERALLY AT THE SIDESOF SAID HOUSING, SAID HOUSING HAVING AT LEAST TWO OUTWARDLY EXTENDINGARMS PROJECTING FROM SAID FRONT WALL AND ATTACHED TO SAID SEAT ADJACENTTHE REAR SIDE THEREOF TO PROVIDE THE SOLE SUPPORT FOR THE BACK OF THESEAT.